Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LORD'LY
LORD'LY, a. [lord and like.]
- Becoming a lord; pertaining to a lord. Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. – South.
- Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Every rich and lordly swain, / With pride would drag about her chain. – South.
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